[p2p-research] [ox-en] Study Reports on Debian Governance, Social Organization

[Dafermos, George]

Hello Michel and friends,

Thanks for the interesting link. I'm now reading the full paper on which this summary of its key points is based and I'll get back to you with my relevant thoughts and comments.

g. 





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From: Michel Bauwens [mailto:michelsub2004 at gmail.com] 
Sent: dinsdag 15 april 2008 22:26
To: Peer-To-Peer Research List; Dafermos, George
Subject: Fwd: [ox-en] Study Reports on Debian Governance, Social Organization

Hi George,

see http://www.techforce.com.br/index.php/news/linux_blog/scientific_study_about_debian_governance_and_organization

I wonder if you could mention and comment on this study for our blog?

Michel
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"Two academic management researchers, Siobhán O'Mahony and Fabrizion Ferraro, performed a detailed scientific study about Debian Project governance and social organization from the management perspective. How a big non-commercial non-paying community evolved and actually produces some of the most respectable Operating Systems and applications packages available? Organizations without a consensual basis of authority lack an important condition necessary for their survival. Those with directly democratic forms of participation do not tend to scale well and are noted for their difficulty managing complexity and decision-making - all of which can hasten their demise. The Debian Project community designed and evolved a solid governance system since 1993 able to stablish shared conceptions of formal authority, leadership and meritocracy, limited by defined democratic adaptive mechanisms."

http://www.techforce.com.br/index.php/news/linux_blog/scientific_study_about_debian_governance_and_organization
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